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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Limehouse 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]
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About 170 ft. of 12in. and 260 ft. of Gin. Pipe Sewers have
been relaid.
540 feet of new 12in. Pipe Sewer have been constructed in
Goodlad Street and Lea Street, Limehouse, by the owners of the
Estate. 232 feet of 12in. Pipe Sewer have been constructed in Mill
Place, Limehouse, at the expense of the Regent's Canal Company,
the extension of the Dock having necessitated the destruction of
that part of the Sewer within the Dock premises. A 12in. Pipe
Sewer has been constructed at Pelican Stairs, Shadwell; also a
12in. pipe at Wapping Old Stairs, by the Contractors of the Metropolitan
Board of Works, for the purpose of flushing the Sewers in
Wapping Wall and the High Street.
About 15,000 feet of Brick Sewers, and 28,000 feet of small
Brick and Pipe Sewers have been flushed by the men employed by
the Board.
4 Gully Pans have been fixed.
2 New Gullies constructed.
30 „ altered and repaired.
10 New Gully Grates supplied.
70 ft. of 6-in. pipe drain, to connect the same with the
Sewers.
2 New Side Entrances constructed.
2 Manholes raised.
3 New Flushing Boxes have been fixed.
1 Flushing Shaft cleansed and repaired.
4 New side entrance flaps.
2 New tide valves.
The following Sewers have been cleansed by the Contractor of
the Board, viz.:—
350 feet of 2ft. Brick Sewer.
200 „ 12in. pipe.
90 „ 6in. „
All the Gullies in the District have been periodically emptied,
and filled with water.
RETURN OF MONIES RAISED ON LOAN AT INTEREST.
| No. | Date of Mortgage. | Amount. | Rate of Interest. | Secured on. | For what purpose Borrowed. | From whom Borrowed. | For what Term. | Repayments. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1857, January 7 | £400 | £5 | General Rates. | For Improvements at Wapping. | R. Stephenson. | Three years. | The whole. | ||
| £400 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | 1857, January 7 | £400 | £5 | Ditto. | Ditto. | W. Maud. | Ditto. | The whole. | ||
| £400 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | 1857, January 7 | £400 | £5 | Ditto. | Ditto. | W. Walton. | Ditto. | The whole. | ||
| £400 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 4 | 1857, September 2 | £300 | £5 | Ditto. | Ditto. | R. Stephenson. | Ditto. | The whole. | ||
| £300 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 | 1858, September 29 | £1800 | £4½ | Ditto. | For Paving Works in Limehouse. | Thos. Dinmore. | Fifteen Years, to be repaid by fifteen equal annual instalments. | The whole. | ||
| £1,800 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 6,7, & 8 | 1858, October 7 | £3,000 | £4¾ | Sewer Rates. | For Sewers Works in Limehouse. | General Annuity Endowment Association (now Sovereign Life Assurance Compy.) | Twenty Years, to be repaid by twenty equal annual instalments. | The whole | ||
| £3,000 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 9 | 1859, September 21 | £5,000 | £4 | General Rates. | For Paving Works in Limehouse. | British Empire Life Assurance Company. | Fifteen Years, to be repaid by fifteen equal annual instalments. | The whole. | ||
| £5,000 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 10 | 1860, September 5 | £5,000 | £4½ | Ditto. | Ditto. | Ditto. | Ditto. | The whole. | ||
| £5,000 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 11 | 1862, July 23 | £7,000 | £4½ | Ditto. | For Board's Offices. | Ditto. | Twenty Years, to be repaid by twenty equal annual instalments. | £5,600 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 1867, March 27 | £6,000 | £5 | Ditto. | For Improvements at Wapping. | London Life Association. | Twenty-five Years, to be repaid by twenty-five equal annual instalments. | £2,880 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 1867, October 16 | £3,000 | £5 | Ditto. | For Improvements in Limehouse. | Ditto. | Twenty Years, to be repaid by twenty equal annual instalments. | £1,650 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 1867, October 16 | £5,500 | £5 | Ditto. | For Improvements in Shadwell. | Ditto. | Twenty-fiveYears, to be repaid by twenty-five equal annual instalments. | £2,420 | 0 | 0 |
| £37,800 | £28,850 | 0 | 0 | |||||||